Gas Guzzling Money Pits

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2014 16:50

Hnnngh. What sort of mpg are you getting?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Just under 22mpg in the past 6000 miles, a couple of 500 mile runs and the rest pottering around town. It's actually surprisingly frugal for the size of the engine.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2014 16:55

Must. Resist.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2014 17:22

Trooper wrote:

:D

Would gazchap like it?

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

Tax changes? What?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

No more tax discs.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

Ah, tax expires for refund on change of ownership/status on Oct 1: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:34

KovacsC wrote:

Trooper wrote:

:D

Would gazchap like it?

I've had one before, albeit a "lowly" 745i rather than a 750i Sport

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

My next door neighbour bought a 54 plate BMW 645 soft top with 80K on it for £8,000

Its fully loaded leather etc, he said he gets 30mph if he drives steadily on the motorway.

I was looking at my admittedly newer Skoda estate which I paid 14K for and dreaming for a while!

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:48

asfish wrote:

Its fully loaded leather etc, he said he gets 30mph if he drives steadily on the motorway.

He should probably speed up a little.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Indeed, I get infinite mpg when i'm parked.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:53

Trooper wrote:

Indeed, I get infinite mpg when i'm parked.

Um - surely you get 0?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Indeed, I get infinite mpg when i'm parked.

Um - surely you get 0?

I get both.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:59

Only if you include travel through the universe.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

I do that all the time, it makes court appearances for speeding tickets interesting.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Grim... wrote:

asfish wrote:

Its fully loaded leather etc, he said he gets 30mph if he drives steadily on the motorway.

He should probably speed up a little.

30mpg!

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 0:32

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5152

asfish wrote:

My next door neighbour bought a 54 plate BMW 645 soft top with 80K on it for £8,000

Its fully loaded leather etc, he said he gets 30mph if he drives steadily on the motorway.

I was looking at my admittedly newer Skoda estate which I paid 14K for and dreaming for a while!

And then he'll get a bill for £4k for repairs and end up selling it soon after.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

GazChap wrote:

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Nice, how much, if you don't mind me asking?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

GazChap wrote:

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Have fun with it. I still miss mine a little every now and then. Still, only about eighteen years to go until I can get another two seater sports car. :'(

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:37

Trooper wrote:

GazChap wrote:

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Nice, how much, if you don't mind me asking?

£1,800.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:55

GazChap wrote:

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Is that the one I saw on Facebook?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

GazChap wrote:

Trooper wrote:

GazChap wrote:

May (read: definitely) just bought a Mazda MX5. A Mk2.5 one, the Sport S-VT model with the 6-speed gearbox, LSD and Bilstein dampers.

Oughta be good for a laff.

Nice, how much, if you don't mind me asking?

£1,800.

Interesting. I expect i'll get another MX5 after I sort out all this house business (so about 3 years time at this rate!).
In terms of pennies per smile, they are hard to beat.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:06

Grim... wrote:

Is that the one I saw on Facebook?

Dunno - I've not posted anything about it on Facebook so if you did, s'not me.

It's this one.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

Do you want to buy a spare exhaust back box and a boot rack?

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:59

How much for the boot rack?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

It's this one:

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/boot-luggage- ... oC1v7w_wcB

Some tiny bits of rust nothing much though. I'll sort some pictures later if you're still interested.

£50 plus postage?

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 16:09

Had to drive to work this morning with the heater turned on full all the way as the coolant warning light came on. And forgotten to buy any water this lunchtime.

Nice mx5 gaz. I was looking at swapping the ka for one or an Mr2 but insurance costs said otherwise .

krazywookie · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 21:47

*clears throat*

http://www.gumtree.com/p/mazda/mazda-mx ... 1082195946

sorry, can't url-ify that on this FUCKING PHONNNNEE HNNNNG :blown:

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 21:58

That's the one I saw on Facebook.

How exactly do you have a "wire for launch control" and not connect it to a "button for launch control"? It'd be the first thing I did

krazywookie · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 22:01

See: lazy bastard. The things he could have done with that and didn't genuinely makes me angry. Wait, how did you see that on facebook? Are we fweinds?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 22:04

Guess so.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

That's a lot of cash for a car that needs a reasonable amount of finishing off and has a smoking turbo!

There was a dude on mx5nutz who picked up a supercharged 5 for £800 a couple of years back, the lucky bastard.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Karting race today. Qualified 10th,finished 3rd, that'll do!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

My car is now suffering *all* the geatbox symptoms, which means clutch pack, torque converter and mechatronics solenoids, not just the complicated 'no really sealed for life' fluid, seal, filter and sump service.

Basically, its cheaper to buy a refurbed box off ZF for £2.4k than have a specialist do all those bits in one go.

Still cost me less than paying more for a newer/lower mileage car would've, done alright for more than a year.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Sep 27, 2014 21:34

Sympathies. The Ka has been overheating. Initial look see suggests blocked pipes or fucked water pump. Will try and find time to change the pump in the week. Or take bIg car to work.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

2.4K is alright for a year?

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

No, I mean it had done alright so far.

no-one was really talking about these.problems when I got it, unfortunately.

It's not 'get it done now' bad. Less than another year away though...

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Well the Accord has lasted over a year (albeit not by much), which is about right for me.

Collecting this on Friday. Straight swap for the Accord, although the Civic is somewhat over book price and doubtless the Accord will go out at £10500 or something similar.

Took it out for a drive today and it's excellent, the VTEC really goes nuts over 6500rpm.

No USB connector though

I'm either going to have to go back to MP3 CDs (poo!) or get an iPod Touch with the pre-lightning connector on it as the car does have a factory fit iPod connector.

Fun motoring beckons once again!

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MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Sep 29, 2014 19:22

MaliA wrote:

Sympathies. The Ka has been overheating. Initial look see suggests blocked pipes or fucked water pump. Will try and find time to change the pump in the week. Or take bIg car to work.

Haynes manual ordered yesterday, it arrived today. Seems it could be as simple as a temp sensor doohickey. A ha ha ha. Simple.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

CTRs really do crash in value once they leave the forecourt. I lost a shitload on my EP3.

The E36 M3 Evo vert did worse I guess, relatively.

Basically I'm shit at liking cars that hold their value.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:23

Hearthly wrote:

No USB connector though

I'm either going to have to go back to MP3 CDs (poo!) or get an iPod Touch with the pre-lightning connector on it as the car does have a factory fit iPod connector.

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD823 ... in-adapter

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Twenty five pounds! For an adapter!

I was looking on eBay last night and used 32GB 4th Gen Touches (which had the 30 pin connector) can be had for under £100 on a Buy It Now, so that probably seems like the best way to go.

Having had a read around on Civic forums the car does fudge it a bit and sees the iPod as a 9 disc autochanger, but you can control it fairly well using the car's own head unit and steering wheel buttons, and it keeps it charged too.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5152

I'd go for one of the last iPod classics rather than a touch if all you're using it for is in-car music.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:22

Hearthly wrote:

Twenty five pounds! For an adapter!

I was looking on eBay last night and used 32GB 4th Gen Touches (which had the 30 pin connector) can be had for under £100 on a Buy It Now, so that probably seems like the best way to go.

Having had a read around on Civic forums the car does fudge it a bit and sees the iPod as a 9 disc autochanger, but you can control it fairly well using the car's own head unit and steering wheel buttons, and it keeps it charged too.

£25 vs £100, and £100 is coming out on top? Man maths at its best

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

GazChap wrote:

£25 vs £100, and £100 is coming out on top? Man maths at its best

But I don't possess an iPod Touch of any description so I'd have to buy a 5th gen Touch AND the adapter!

Going down the eBay route I just need to buy a second hand 4th gen as the kit is already installed in the car.

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

I'd go for one of the last iPod classics rather than a touch if all you're using it for is in-car music.

I did consider this, do the iPod classics have the 30-pin connector on them?

I suppose I should just Google that, really

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Recei ... omputers_0

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

I've been well impressed with this thing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009 ... UTF8&psc=1

Music sounds great over the bluetooth connection and lets you use your phone and do voice dialling and whatnot.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:55

Hearthly wrote:

GazChap wrote:

£25 vs £100, and £100 is coming out on top? Man maths at its best

But I don't possess an iPod Touch of any description so I'd have to buy a 5th gen Touch AND the adapter!

Going down the eBay route I just need to buy a second hand 4th gen as the kit is already installed in the car.

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

I'd go for one of the last iPod classics rather than a touch if all you're using it for is in-car music.

I did consider this, do the iPod classics have the 30-pin connector on them?

I suppose I should just Google that, really

I've actually got a 30GB iPod classic (with a 30-pin connector) that you can have if you want, for the cost of postage?

I assume it still works fine, I've not charged it for about a year. Oh, and it has Zeppo's real name engraved on the back...

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